LONDON Momentum gathered within Tory ranks last night to find a single right wing candidate to stop Mr Kenneth Clarke in the final stages of battle for the party leadership.
The party goes into the first round of voting by MPs tomorrow with Mr Clarke, as the sole centre left candidate, the clear favourite to win but without the overall majority needed for outright victory.
The right wing vote is expected to split between Mr William Hague from the centre right and the three out and out right wingers Mr Michael Howard, Mr Peter Lilley and Mr John Redwood.